Strong’s G3581 · Greek

ξένος
xénos

Definition

foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer

Etymology

apparently a primary word;

How the KJV renders it

  • host
  • strange(-r)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.